Ian Allison
27 April 2010
Dr. Wesch
Simulation History
Simulation History
During our simulation, many different activities happened. Being Continental Europe, we were very powerful all throughout the simulation. We had the money and goods that were needed in order to make substantial trades and to colonize other countries. During the four different rounds, many trades were made and different countries were colonized. The way the simulation turned out was not as realistic as things are today. Countries were still being colonized the whole time during the simulation. Realistically, Continental Europe would not have been able to take over and run the world in today’s society.
During the first round, we captured the colony of the Kung. We then had the Kung growing cotton crops in order so we could trade them with Australia. The Kung were not happy at all that we were not paying them well to do so much work so we heard a lot of complaining. This first round they didn’t voice there opinion as much as they would continue to do so during the final three rounds. During the remaining time, the Kung would try to make deals with other colonies in order to try and free themselves from our power. The only time this worked was during the last round, but we were in control of the colony that beat us to take over the Kung, meaning it wasn’t that big of a deal.
As the simulation continued, Continental Europe continued to colonize and trade with many companies. During round two, we took over the Iberian Peninsula, which also gave us Australia and New Guinea to control. During round two, we began to set the roots of what would become our trade system. We had our colonized countries growing and producing goods in exchange for food, which we had a large amount of. Our colonized countries began to revolt and want freedom, which we did not give them. The Kung began to take cotton in order to trade with other countries so the other countries would rescue them from our power.
During round number three we colonized the British Isles, but continued to let them run the countries that they were in charge of. We also made an alliance with the Incas in order to expand trade and not risk being taken over by other countries. Different colonies continue to try and beat us to take help other colonies out, but we have the high cards in the deck and are able to fend off other colonies attempts.
In the last round, we tried to make economic partnerships with many other countries. China accepted our partnership, but a couple other colonies turned it down. By this point in time we owned many of the world’s resources and had many trade routes started with other countries. Continental Europe was the super power during the rounds, and had many resources that helped us with our needs and helped us with conquering colonies.
This world simulation was not realistic to the real world today. No country truly dominates all trade routes and is still colonizing. In today’s world, it is possible to have many trade partners, but would be a very hard task to try and conquer other colonies around the world. The balance of power is too wide between nations making it hard for a nation to come into another country and take over. Overall, Continental Europe dominated in many aspects of the simulation throughout the class period.